NUTS-3 PT1C2 · Portugal
Baixo Alentejo
Export region data (CSV)Baixo Alentejo generates €3.2bn of GDP across 115.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 32.6/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +7.0%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 5.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (47.5th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (12.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
32.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth67.6
Livability30.6
Market access16
Economic scale16
Equal-weighted mean of four EU-percentile pillars (deliberately orthogonal: growth=trend, livability=quality, market=distance-weighted demand proxy, scale=absolute GDP). Experimental — a screening triage, not investment advice.
Resilience Index · downside / risk lens (experimental)
63.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability25
Labour stability87
Diversification98
Demographic stability44
Inverse of GDP-growth & unemployment volatility (since 2008, incl. 2009/2020 shocks), economic diversification (inverse HHI) and population stability — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher withstands downturns better. Experimental.
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
18.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density21
Airport access19
Market access16
Public-transport stop density, proximity to a major airport, and gravity access to surrounding economic mass — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = better-connected. Experimental.
Talent & Human Capital Index · skills base (experimental)
44.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary30
Lifelong learning80
Knowledge workers26
Scientists & engineers41
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
30.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy38.5
Jobs47.5
Education18.5
Health36
Safety30.7
Connectivity12.5
Environment—
Equal-weighted percentile across 6 pillars vs all EU NUTS-3; lower-is-better indicators (crime, unemployment, mortality) inverted. Experimental — regional screening only.
Growth momentum · trend analytics
67.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
0.0%
CAGR
Employment rate
+5.1 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.6 pp
5-yr change
Compound annual growth to the latest available year vs all EU NUTS-3; GDP is nominal EUR (“vs country avg” removes most national inflation). Screening signal, not a forecast.
Economic structure · gross value added by sector
Dominant: Industry · 22.7%Diversified · HHI 1645
Agriculture 16.3%Industry 22.7%Construction 6.3%Trade · transport · ICT 14.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 13.2%Public · health · education 20.9%
Share of total GVA (latest year). HHI = sum of squared sector shares ×10,000; higher means a more concentrated, single-sector-dependent economy (more cyclicality risk).
All indicators · 65 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,743M
2024 · EU pctl 15
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€449M
2023 · EU pctl 85
GVA — industry (B–E)
€622M
2023 · EU pctl 18
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€168M
2023 · EU pctl 6
GVA — construction (F)
€174M
2023 · EU pctl 16
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€401M
2023 · EU pctl 11
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€15,800
2023 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
33,100 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 51
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€27,300
2024 · EU pctl 32
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€3,228M
2023 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€913M
2023 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€4,721M
2023 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€216M
2023 · EU pctl 12
GVA — information & communication (J)
€10M
2023 · EU pctl 5
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€361M
2023 · EU pctl 9
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€573M
2023 · EU pctl 13
Labour market
Employment, total persons
55,810
2023 · EU pctl 20
Self-employed persons
11,240
2023 · EU pctl 39
Employment in manufacturing (C)
3,120
2023 · EU pctl 6
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
78.8%
2025 · EU pctl 56 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
25.0%
2024 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
11,544
2023 · EU pctl 44
Enterprise births
1,681
2023 · EU pctl 58
Enterprise deaths
1,332
2023 · EU pctl 57
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.7%
2023 · EU pctl 58
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.8%
2024 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
2.0%
2025 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
26.2%
2025 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
34.5%
2025 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
16.8%
2025 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
19.7%
2025 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
7.8%
2025 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
87.9%
2025 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
572,985
2024 · EU pctl 35
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
19
CURRENT · EU pctl 12
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
16
CURRENT · EU pctl 21
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
91
CURRENT · EU pctl 81
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
69,615
2025 · EU pctl 18
Population aged 65+
31,270
2025 · EU pctl 24
Population aged under 15
14,795
2025 · EU pctl 17
Median age of population
49.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 77
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
44.9%
2025 · EU pctl 84
Crude rate of total population change
-0.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 40
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 82
Crude birth rate
7.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Crude death rate
17.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Live births
890
2024 · EU pctl 20
Deaths
1,983
2024 · EU pctl 32
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
66.2%
2025 · EU pctl 83
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.60
2024 · EU pctl 88
Population density (persons per km²)
14 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 2
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
19.7%
2025 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
80.9 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
223 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
231 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 55 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
45.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
143 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
771 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
137 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
96 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 27
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
101 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 99
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 4
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 49
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